The business road in the black forest is a safe passage explored by countless wizards with their lives for thousands of years.
But this so-called security is only in a relative sense after all, and no one can guarantee absolute security.
After all, most of the forest roads shuttle through the gaps in the territories of some powerful monsters, and it is impossible for monsters to follow the boundaries drawn by the map when hunting. Therefore, once encountering high-level monsters during the journey, it is still a trivial matter to lose some goods and resources, and often the entire caravan will mysteriously disappear due to this.
Therefore, as the guardian witch of the caravan, it is necessary to do homework to visit the wise men or prophets of the clan every time they leave the clan.
Although most of the sages and prophets are not high-level, even those high-level witches dare not ignore their 'advice'. After all, it is an important reminder related to your own life!
I don't know whether it's the blessing of the dark witch wise man, or because there are too many candidates for the fate witch in the team, the caravan led by the witch Kara went smoothly. Although some wild monsters were attacked during the journey, they were all within the control of the witches.
So, after a long journey of 87 days, the caravan finally came out of the area covered by the Black Forest.
The blue-white path gradually began to widen, and many branch roads extended in different directions. On the road, the flow of people coming and going gradually increased.
When I first left the Black Forest, the most people I met were hunting teams dressed as mercenaries. In every team, there are more or less trainee witches. And when they saw the caravan, they all waved their hands to pay tribute to these warriors who dared to cross the Black Forest.
It can be seen that here, the atmosphere of witches from various factions is relatively harmonious. At least in the communication with the low-level witches, Greem didn't notice any obvious signs of hatred and filth in them.
From the moment they passed through the Black Forest, they were considered to have stepped into the territory of the Northland Witch.
And the first city to welcome them was Dean City managed by the Witch Council.
Dean City does not belong to any branch of witches, but is a city directly managed by the witch council, somewhat similar to a public city in the middle of the mainland.
Here, all witch factions must submit to the management of the Witch Council and cannot violate the laws of the Witch Council. As for the managers of the city, they were drawn from various witch factions and took turns sitting here.
And the manager of Dean City in the past ten years is a third-level witch from the Pain Witch family.
Before entering the city of Di'an, the lonely witch jumped off the carriage and left the caravan without looking back. And after a while, the male and female wizards who claimed to be brother and sister also left the team secretly.
Looking at the direction they left, which was almost the same as the witch's route, one could imagine what would happen next.
Regarding this scene, the dark witches in the caravan saw it clearly, shaking their heads and feeling unwise for the first witch to leave.
As long as she remains in the caravan, out of contract considerations, the Dark Witch is obliged to help her. Even after entering the city of Dean, the witches would kill each other strictly in the land directly under the jurisdiction of the witches. So her safety will be guaranteed to a certain extent.
But she left alone, and also 'took' away the pair of brother and sister wizards. Everyone can imagine what will happen later with their eyes closed.
Hmph, a candidate for the Witch of Destiny who can't get the favor of fate, die as soon as he dies!
But what surprised them the most was that just before the entrance of Dean City, the last remaining couple of witches and wizards also bid farewell, and then mixed into the bustling crowd and left.
There was no need to care about the strange eyes behind them. Greem and Alice did not enter the city of Dean, but went west along the city wall, then turned north, and walked along the main road towards the hinterland of the Northland Witch.
As they walked, they could vaguely hear a low-pitched conversation between the two.
"Why don't you go into Dean City? Don't you know that those three guys are waiting for us outside?" The voice seemed to be Alice's voice.
"They are waiting for us, so why don't we wait for them! If they really dare to come, beat them to death! Anyway, your fighting skills should have been sharpened long ago..."
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three days later...
It was night time.
A woodland clearing close to the road.
Due to the convenience of getting in and out, and there is a small spring nearby, there are quite a lot of business travelers staying and camping here.
When night fell, four or five groups of people chose to stay and rest here one after another. And their arrival made the small camp very lively.
This place belongs to the territory managed by the witches, and there are no robbers or robbers at all, so even if they are strangers to each other, their conversations seem to be quite friendly and enthusiastic.
Those who came first were washing their faces, filling water, and preparing dinner. As soon as they stepped into the camp, someone would greet them warmly and invite them to have dinner together. Everyone set up piles of bonfires, cooking the food they brought, rich aroma and cheerful laughter wafting over the camp.
And when Greem and Alice walked slowly into the small camp following the scent, the travelers gathered around the campfire were stunned in astonishment.
Although the two of Greem wore traveler's cloaks to cover up the gorgeous wizard robes, the silky satin and golden piping of the black cloaks alone fully demonstrated how good the two were. Moreover, with Greem's burly and sturdy body and calm and deep temperament, coupled with Alice's special attire, the identities of the two wizards could not be concealed at all.
For the arrival of the two wizards, everyone in the camp was obviously not prepared for it, and a trainee witch who was in the crowd was even more nervous and at a loss, and hurriedly stood up and saluted the two.
In the Northland, although the status of a witch is much higher than that of a wizard, a low-level apprentice witch is still not qualified to show off in front of two wizards.
"We just came here from the central region, and we need to know the organization situation here, can you tell us about it?" Greem stopped coming here, and Alice came forward to negotiate with people instead.
After all, Alice is a witch, and her degree of respect in the Northland is obviously more valuable than that of a wizard, so it is often better for her to come forward.
"It's Naya's honor to serve you! My lords, please come and sit here!" The trainee witch immediately warmly entertained the two of them.
There was also a bonfire in a relatively leeward place inside the camp. This place was originally occupied by a small caravan leader. Seeing the arrival of the two wizards, he hurriedly gave up the best position.
In terms of status, the leader of this small caravan may be slightly higher than this apprentice witch, after all, this apprentice witch was hired by their caravan. But when faced with such a situation, only this apprentice witch is qualified to sit and talk with two official wizards.
After the caravan leader moved to another bonfire, he quickly sent over the freshly made mushroom soup and roasted lamb chops. The three sat around a small bonfire, chatting while eating, and the atmosphere in the venue was peaceful and peaceful.
"I don't know what the two adults want to know?" Apprentice Naya looked at the two strange wizards curiously and asked politely.
These two wizards are one tall, one short, one big and one small, and they really look like father and daughter who have gone out to travel. It's just that this handsome and stern wizard inevitably looks too young, while the 'little' witch is not only petite in stature, but also speaks and looks like a seven or eight-year-old girl.
But knowing that there are no ordinary people who can become wizards, can an eight-year-old girl become a wizard? This is simply making fun of the wizard profession. So the 'little' witch in front of her looks tender, but who knows if she is hundreds of years old!
The apprentice Naya, who knew well that one should not judge a person by its appearance, could only respectfully pay respects to the two wizards.
"We just want to find out about the situation of the nearby organizations and what special resources are around!" Alice didn't touch the lamb chops, but took a sip of the mushroom soup and felt that the taste was okay, so she sipped it lightly. Said casually.
"Then let me introduce you to the adults!"
"The place we are now is located between Dean City and Ancona City. Dean City is a city that must be passed through when entering and exiting the Northland. The two adults must have visited it when they came. It will take half a day to go north along this road. , will leave the range of Dean City and enter the territory of the Death Witches."
"If you head west, you will enter the territory of the Witch of Pain after about 3 days of travel. If you travel east for 2 days, you will enter the territory of the Deceitful Witch."
"The resources around here are also quite rich. Dean City is where all the cross-domain caravans gather, and almost all the resources of the Northland will be found there. If you two want to collect some resources, it's easier to go there. "
"In our north, besides the wizard towers in major cities, there are many witches who like to find a secluded place to build a magic hut, and then indulge in their favorite research in it. If there are wizards to visit , they will be happy to exchange some knowledge with you."
"In a place called Nola 200 miles northwest of this trade route, there is a 'Lucky Spring' that appears from time to time. It is said that drinking the spring water in it will bring good luck for a year..."
"Three hundred miles to the east from here, there is an obelisk left by an ancient witch, which will bring a special spiritual perception to the witch who touches it..."
"To the southwest XX..."
"Northeast XX..."
Greem and Alice listened quietly, remembering everything that apprentice Naya said in their minds. Although Alice was born here, she was taken out of the Northland when she was very young, so most of her memories of this place are very vague.
Hearing all this now brings some childhood memories alive again.
After Naya finished speaking, Greem took out another map of the Northland and asked her to mark the location of the witch's hut that she knew, before nodding in satisfaction.
Alice took out ten magic crystals from her bosom and handed them to Naya, who accepted them happily.
Naya only has the strength of an intermediate apprentice, and was hired by a small caravan to make such a trip. After traveling for more than ten days, he only earned 8 magic crystals. Now she can earn ten magic crystals simply by saying a few words, which made her overjoyed immediately.
At this time, Greem frowned slightly, and turned his head to look towards the southeast.
Turning around and meeting Alice's eyes, the two stood up together.
"You will inform the people in this camp in a while, don't take half a step out of this camp tonight. Don't go out to check after a while, no matter how loud the movement outside is. Give this to the caravan leader, it's the meal money for tonight!" Ai Li Si took out two more magic crystals and threw them into Naya's arms, then turned around and walked silently into the dark night with Greem.
Naya's heart was beating violently, holding the magic crystal, looking at the direction where the two wizards disappeared, vaguely feeling that tonight might not be peaceful again!